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Quoted message said:The sad fact is that poor ED derives pleasure from being
ridiculed...it's
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:why he posts the nonsense that he does. Better *some* attention than
none
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:at all.
One of my saddest memories is of my grandmother's funeral...her later
years
were lived in self-imposed isolation and bitterness (much like ED's
real
world existance). She was suspicious of those who would reach out to
her,
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:and envious of those who had more than she. In the end, there were
only
6
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:people at her funeral. My grandfather's funeral some years earlier (her
husband), was the exact opposite...there were at least 500 people in
attendance, because he was a well-known and well-liked man who gave
much
to
his community and those around him.
Your grandmother is someone I would have liked to have known. She was
well
on her way to being a Great Saint like Me.
No...she was a bitter, suspicious recluse, and probably suffered from
dementia and depression (sound like anyone you know, ED?). That she chose
to cut herself off from everyone else in the last decade of her life was
both tragic and sad.
There are often very good reasons for bitterness and depression. If you
weren't such a libidinous Pollyanna kind of scoundrel, you might have been
more understanding and hence more sympathetic. We can't all go through this
world as happy idiots, you know!
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:However, Saint Edward the Great
is never envious of anyone EVER!. Such an emotion does not even exist in
my
Quoted message said:universe. It is just one of many reasons why I am such a Great Saint.
If you live long enough, you will outlive all of your contemporaries and
you
Quoted message said:will have a very small funeral consisting only of family. Is this rocket
science or what?
Use your brain, ED...even people with no family can be active in clubs,
service organizations, businesses, etc. It's certainly not rocket
science,
and much modern scientific research indicates that people are much
healthier
(physically and emotionally) when they cultivate active ongoing
relationships with others. Of course, with your well-documented fears of
human contact in the real world, it's not surprising that these options
would not occur to you.
Gary, hardly anyone in this world understands us hermits. I LIKE to be
alone. A perfect day for me is one where I don't have any contact with
anyone. It may be that I hate people, but I think it is just that I don't
like to be constantly annoyed and irritated, which is the universal effect
that ALL others have on me. I leave you to your fellow man and I shall
continue to contemplate my navel like I have always done.
In any event, it is quite normal for folks to withdraw from social affairs
and society as they get older. Those few who don't do this are universally
regarded as old fools.
Quoted message said:In the case of my grandfather's funeral, only a small minority in
attendance
were family members. Many members of the community in which he had been
active showed up to pay their respects to a man who gave at least as much
as
he got to the world around him. Contrast that to your own
situation...you're a fear-ridden recluse and misanthrope who's passing
probably won't even be noticed, in spite of your silly claims of
"greatness".
Your grandfather was mostly likely the one who made your grandmother's life
so miserable. That is always the way it is. I can't tell you happy I am that
I never married and in fact never even wanted to be married, except briefly
when I was 17 and was under the delusion of romantic love. But it soon
passed and I have never looked back. Once you are out of your teens, all
so-called love is nothing but farce. Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier says
it best - and the music is just so glorious!
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:"Saint" ED will, in all likelihood, have a very small funeral...and
surely
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:nobody on Usenet will mourn his demise.
Anyone who would WANT anyone on Usenet to mourn one's passing is
pathetic.
Thanks for the good laugh GaryG - you freaking moron!
I will let others worry about my funeral since I will no longer be around
to
Quoted message said:enjoy it.
By the way, the saddest thing in the world is people who need people.
No...the saddest thing in the world is people who are so fearful that they
cut themselves off from all human contact, and then boast about how
"great"
they are from behind the safety of their keyboards.
We only need lots of social (human) contact when we are young and maturing,
Once we have matured (become adults) there is no longer any reason for human
contact of an intimate nature. I have never in my life been able to figure
out what friends are for?
Enuf philosophy for one night!
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
